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BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… and Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn , she led the women's anti-pass march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, one of … Anti-apartheid activist, political…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… National Congress. The population of Pageview is largely Indian and the area starts developing an Indian character. … World War II effort) has been a failure…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… campaigning began when she joined the highly politicised anti-apartheid Black Sash , a White women’s resistance … Through the Black Sash, she was involved in…
BiographyDeseni Soobben
… End Conscription Campaign meetings and the funerals of anti-apartheid activists amongst others. Soobben also …
BiographyTiego Moseneke
… and South African Student Congress. Moseneke joined the anti-apartheid movement and was detained in 1976 for taking …
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… in the United Kingdom. There she became active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and many other organizations, such … the Textile Workers Union, member of the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… activist in the Non European United Front (NEUF) and the Indian Community raises his profile in the Communist Party. … 27, Dadoo is arrested for printing and…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… ensuring unity and cooperation between Coloured and other anti-apartheid movements. Its activities were concentrated on … participation by Coloured…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Dr Yusuf Dadoo forms the Nationalist Bloc in the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). "The NEUP's first major Western Cape … Congress (TIC) calls a meeting to…
BiographyJohn Collins
… including many who fled South Africa because of their anti-apartheid stance. Collins worked closely with an inner … to 1967. Collins began to broaden the…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… 1950, by Allison Drew 2 000 Protest against Discriminatory Legislation To protest against the new proposed colour bar … League of South Africa and supported…
ArchiveIndian South Africans in Struggle for National Liberation Evidence of Molvi Ismail Ahmad Cachalia in the South African Treason Trial, June 21-28, 1960, Edited by E. S. Reddy
… Indian South Africans in Struggle for National Liberation … it has outraged the conscience of the civilised world. The Indian community in South Africa,…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… the NAMLAW Project, a legal research organisation to draft legislation for Namibia after independence. Lubowski received …
BiographySam Tambani
… was nominated as one of the union’s representatives in the Anti- Community Council Committee (ACCC). In 1982, Sam was …
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
… that job in 1977, when he was forced into exile for his anti-apartheid activities and left the country after police …
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
… year later. During this period he was also involved in the anti-pass campaign as well as the 1957 bus and potato …
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… was one of the main speakers during the 1956 women’s anti-pass march that was held across the country. She left …
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
… Attorney General for the Transvaal. He often experienced anti-Semitism. Subsequently he was forbidden from joining …
BiographyNomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
… liaise with Women’s Groups in South Africa and the global Anti-Apartheid movement. Her responsibilities extended to …
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… and Snow) is a brilliant political analysis of the various anti-apartheid movements in South Africa, a truculent, thinly …
BiographyAllister Sparks
… violence that erupted between the government and leading anti-apartheid group, the United Democratic Front . A … Anti- apartheid journalist, broadcaster,…
BiographyCecil Williams
… his productions is the Kimberley Train (1959) which was an anti apartheid production. With him being gay at a time when …
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… 1961 dos Santos worked for Helen Joseph , a veteran in the anti-apartheid struggle. dos Santos helped Joseph with the …
BiographySir George Grey
… Britain was facing war in the Crimea (1853-56) and the Indian Mutiny (1857). His orders were to keep the peace on … the Cape. However, most of these left to…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… territories,. The YSS took an active role in the anti-Vietnam War movement, a campaign spearheaded by Mbeki. … Campaign (VSC). The YSS became a major player…
BiographyAnn Tobias
… newspaper in the country. The newspaper was started by anti-Apartheid activist Patrick Duncan . Ann Tobias succeeded …
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… government in South Africa. His publication helped the Anti-Apartheid Movement to develop a campaign for termination … and 1995, Minty was the Honorary…
BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
… the Soweto Uprising , Leon decided to get involved in the anti-apartheid struggle by joining the women’s group of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… 1960 state of emergency, he was among many ANC, National Indian Congress (NIC) and Liberal Party activists and leaders …